{"id":17421,"date":"2018-11-27T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/?p=17421"},"modified":"2019-06-18T10:05:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T09:05:43","slug":"brexit-deal-or-no-deal-is-the-future-of-the-settled-status-scheme-hanging-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dlapiper.com\/beaware\/brexit-deal-or-no-deal-is-the-future-of-the-settled-status-scheme-hanging-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: Deal or no deal? Is the future of the settled status scheme hanging in the balance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each day now presents new developments in the Brexit negotiations – and in an update to our article of 20 November 2018<\/a>, the critical EU Summit has now taken place and the leaders of the EU27 Member States have now agreed the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the future relationship.\u00a0\u00a0 This brings to an end the negotiations which began some 20 months ago.\u00a0 The terms have been declared the, ‘best and only deal possible’.<\/p>\n

So far so good.\u00a0\u00a0 However, despite this positive progress, a significant hurdle still remains.\u00a0 The deal must now be approved by the UK Parliament, with voting now expected to take place in the second week of December 2018.\u00a0 This is by no means a shoo-in; far from it. MPs across all the political parties have voiced significant concerns about the deal, with many expected to vote against it and, in reality, the future of the deal, and the proposed settled status scheme, hangs firmly in the balance.<\/p>\n

Theresa May insists that the deal has, ‘delivered for the British people’ and she is urging the public to get behind it with the publication of a letter saying that, ‘it is a deal for a brighter future’.\u00a0 The importance of the next 2 weeks therefore cannot be overstated.\u00a0\u00a0 This is crunch time.<\/p>\n

For many employers, the key issues relate to the future status of EU workers in their UK businesses.\u00a0 By way of reminder, if the deal is approved by Parliament:<\/p>\n